12.10.2020 – L.dK Weekly

TAYLOR SWIFT’S FOLKLORE NABS ELEVENTH WEEK AT NO.1!

PLUS: BLACKPINK’s The Album enters at No.7, Joji’s Nectar goes Gold.

For an eleventh successive week Taylor Swift’s folklore emerges as the most popular album of the tracking period, raking in 73,000 units (down 19 percent). Swift’s hugely successful set has sold 1.43 million copies to date, and ranks as the longest running No.1 album of the year!

With eleven weeks at the summit, folklore ties Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life as the third longest running number one record of all time. Only Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! (17 weeks) and Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born (12) have ruled for longer.

At No.2: Joji’s Nectar remains in the runner-up spot for a second week, moving 66,000 copies (down 22 percent). The alternative album has now been certified Gold for selling over 100,000 units since its release.

Lana Del Rey holds at No.3 for a fourth non-consecutive week with Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (41,000 – down 27 percent). She also appears at No.5 with Norman Fucking Rockwell!, down 4-5 (33,000 – down 30 percent) as the album earns a record-padding 37th week in the Top Five and 57th in the Top Ten. Between Del Rey’s two hits, Carole King rebounds 5-4 with A Beautiful Collection (down 5 percent).

Holding steady at No.6, Alanis Morissette’s The Collection sits at No.6 (25,000 – down 10 percent).

Korean K-Pop superstars BLACKPINK debut at No.7 with their first full-length studio effort The Album. It bows with 25,000 copies. By comparison: BTS’ most-recent Map of the Soul: 7 opened at No.1 selling 123,000 copies and has since been certified Platinum (300,000 units).

Rounding out the Top Ten: Kate Bush’s No.4 peaking compilation The Whole Story slides 7-8 (21,000 – down 8 percent); Stevie Nicks’ chart-topping collection Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks dips 8-9 (20,000 – down 10 percent); and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia re-enters the Top Ten, moving 11-10 (19,000 – up 18 percent).

Industry Sales: Overall music sales totalled 637,000 units, marking a decline of 8.9% compared to the previous week.

Onto Next Week: There are no releases for the upcoming week. Taylor Swift’s folklore could very well earn a twelfth week at the top with around 75,000 units.

Notable Moves in the Top 50

No.12 – Fine Line / The second record from Harry Styles became one of the few titles by a male solo artist to top the L.dK Top 50 in December last year, and this week it drops from No.10 to No.12 selling 16,000 copies in its 43rd week on the ranking. While it leaves the Top Ten, as a consolation prize Fine surpasses 900,000 combined sales, earning a Triple Platinum certification!

No.13 – Rumours / Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours – an iconic set which ranks among the five most successful albums of all time on L.dK – soars 48-13 moving 15,000 units, resurging in popularity following the viral success of its hit “Dreams”. Rumours has shifted 1.7 million copies to date, and ranked as the No.1 album of 2017. This marks the album’s first visit to the Top 20 this year!

No.38 – Love + Fear / MARINA scored a massive hit in 2019, topping the chart for seven successive weeks with Love + Fear and selling over 1.8 million copies of the album. This week the record celebrates a whole year (52 weeks) on the L.dK Top 50!

TOP 50

1. [=/11] folklore – Taylor Swift (11)
2. [=/2] Nectar – Joji (2)
3. [=/4] Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass – Lana Del Rey (11)
4. [+1] A Beautiful Collection – Carole King (16)
5. [-1] Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey (58)
6. [=] The Collection – Alanis Morissette (26)
7. [NEW] The Album – BLACKPINK (1)
8. [-1] The Whole Story – Kate Bush (66)
9. [-1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (44)
10. [+1] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (28)
11. [+3] Chromatica – Lady Gaga (19)
12. [-2] Fine Line – Harry Styles (43)
13. [+35] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (95)
14. [+1] Greatest Hits – Fleetwood Mac (46)
15. [-6] In a Dream – Troye Sivan (7)
16. [-3] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (24)
17. [=] Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle (17)
18. [-6] What’s Your Pleasure? – Jessie Ware (15)
19. [-3] Such Pretty Forks in the Road – Alanis Morissette (10)
20. [-2] Diva – Annie Lennox (88)
21. [-2] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (70)
22. [-2] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams (22)
23. [+5] A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (83)
24. [-3] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks (108)
25. [=] Medusa – Annie Lennox (62)
26. [-3] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware (82)
27. [+4] After Hours – The Weeknd (29)
28. [+1] 25 – Adele (94)
29. [-2] Sweetener – Ariana Grande (90)
30. [-3] True Colors – Cyndi Lauper (15)
31. [-9] Zeros – Declan McKenna (5)
32. [=] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (72)
33. [=] Shake the Spirit – Elle King (42)
34. [-4] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (43)
35. [=] Bloom – Troye Sivan (55)
36. [-2] In Isolation – Elle King (13)
37. [+6] Madame X – Madonna (49)
38. [=] Love + Fear – MARINA (52)
39. [+6] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (33)
40. [-4] Dancing Queen – Cher (80)
41. [-4] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (22)
42. [=] Heart – HEART (32)
43. [-4] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks (76)
44. [-4] The Lion King: The Gift – Beyonce (10)
45. [+1] Love Stuff – Elle King (34)
46. [re] Tango in the Night – Fleetwood Mac (53)
47. [+2] Bad Animals – HEART (66)
48. [+2] Hounds of Love – Kate Bush (42)
49. [re] The Sensual World – Kate Bush (47)
50. [re] Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey (72)